I just stumbled across this fantastic behind the scenes look into Judd Pilossof’s studio on Cookbook Catchall. Judd’s work is beautiful, and everyone should be a little envious of Skrockodile for getting to sit in… but mostly grateful for the great write-up! I know I am more than a little intrigued by Judd’s August still life class, a part of Maine Media Workshops.

While you are out there browsing, check out this podcast from Tips from the Top Floor in which Chef Mark of the Culinary Network talks a little about how he photographs his own food.

If there was one thing (and there were many!) I learned from my experience meeting with MatthewA, it’s that I am not a particularly good interviewer. Particularly when I’m surrounded by food and cameras and dishes and linens and people making gorgeous images, I tend to just get lost in the moment and forget the fact that I’m supposed to be asking questions. So, when I scheduled a chat over coffee with Kelly Cline, one of Seattle’s up and coming food photographers, I knew I’d need to do a bit of advanced preparation in order to avoid just oooing and ahhing over her natural talent. Kelly and I had already shared several conversations over email, and her fun and energetic personality meant that I was going to have to work hard to keep our interview from turning into two hours of foodie girl talk. Especially since the LightSource interview that was recently podcast gave me so much insight into her work already. So, I planned out my questions, printed them out and even remembered to bring them with me! Of course, that didn’t stop us from sounding like teenage girls at the mere mention of truffle oil or one of our favorite food photographers. I still tended to get swept away in the conversation, so our time felt more like sitting down with a new friend than an interview. But, somehow through that, I did manage got get through all of my questions, and learned a ton about Kelly in the process.

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Kelly Cline, a food photographer in Seattle and one of my Flickr friends just did a podcast interview for LightSource. Kelly’s work is really amazing, so be sure to check out the interview for some great tips on using natural light and making food look beautiful.

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I admit it. I’ve been holding out on you. I saw the very excellent interview with Matt on I Speak Film days ago, and devoured it, without adding a link here instantly as I should have done. But, you see, there was a reason, and I suppose now is as good as a time to tell you as any.

I’m starting a new series of posts in which I interview people in the industry. It’s something that I have been planning all along, but first had to get a lot of the basics done. And, while I still have a lot how-tos to go, a couple of months ago I started scheming about who I’d want to interview first. And Matt, that man of many exclamation points, immediately came to mind. Between his ebullient personality and his phenomenal aesthetic sense, I couldn’t imagine a better way to kick it off. So after a couple of email exchanges and playing schedule Tetris, we agreed upon a time to meet. Which just happens to be next week. Yes, a week after the big I Speak Film interview went live. The good news is that it means I don’t have to ask a lot of the same old boring questions. The bad news is I have to come up with a lot of really interesting ones. And, while I’m certainly not at all afraid of running out of topics, I thought I’d open up the interview to you folks too!

So, if you haven’t yet, pop on over and read through the interview and drool over his photos for a bit. Then, come back here, and let me know what other questions you have for Matt… I’ll do my best to get them answered for you!

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